Monthly Archives: April 2011

Listen To Your Audience

Posted on April 25, 2011 by Brad Weston

if the crowd is engaged properly and there is a dead spot in the act someone is likely to blurt something out. If you are lucky, that blurt will be hilarious. Keep it. It is yours now. No one will ever accuse you of plagiarizing your audience. Continue reading →

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The Dynamic-Contact-Spehereplay-Fushigi Controversy

Posted on April 18, 2011 by Brad Weston

It is still unclear how the marketing of Fushigi will affect the art form. It seems to me some of the magic, the rareness of obscurity is no longer available with this prop. Continue reading →

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The False Choice of Marriage or Entertainer

Posted on April 11, 2011 by Brad Weston

Remember this: in life there is always more than two choices. Continue reading →

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5 Bad Choices of Magicians

Posted on April 4, 2011 by Brad Weston

One of the most important parts about being successful on stage, is to be viewed as the one in control. If you get a member of the audience on stage before you have established this control, you might very well be handing your act over. Continue reading →

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How To Be a Creepy Clown

Posted on April 1, 2011 by Brad Weston

How To Be a Creepy Clown by Uncle Happy First of all, let’s just get this out of the way right now: it’s not about what the customer wants, it is about what the creepy clown wants. Respect! Here are … Continue reading →

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